This would be a better take. If you genuinely feel that being more informed about current events doesn't outweigh the psychological damage involved, especially if it stops you from being a contributing citizen in other ways, I could see an argument for checking out.
My counter-argument is specifically that if you scale up this advice to everyone or even most people, the implications are really awful.
My counter-argument is specifically that if you scale up this advice to everyone or even most people, the implications are really awful.